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https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/13337| Title: | Free Software as a Democratic Principle | Contributor(s): | Suzor, Nic (author); Fitzgerald, Brian (author); Perry, Mark (author) |
Publication Date: | 2011 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/13337 | Abstract: | Software forms an important part of the interface between citizens and their government. An increasing amount of government functions are being performed, controlled, or delivered electronically. This software, like all language, is never value-neutral, but must, to some extent, reflect the values of the coder and proprietor. The move that many governments are making towards e-governance, and the increasing reliance that is being placed upon software in government, necessitates a rethinking of the relationships of power and control that are embodied in software. | Publication Type: | Book Chapter | Source of Publication: | Knowledge Policy for the 21st Century: A Legal Perspective, p. 17-28 | Publisher: | Irwin Law | Place of Publication: | Toronto, Canada | ISBN: | 155221172X 9781552211724 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 180199 Law not elsewhere classified 180115 Intellectual Property Law |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 940499 Justice and the Law not elsewhere classified | HERDC Category Description: | B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book | Publisher/associated links: | http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/178668327 http://www.irwinlaw.com/pages/knowledge-policy-for-the-21st-century--a-legal-perspective |
Editor: | Editor(s): Mark Perry and Brian Fitzgerald |
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| Appears in Collections: | Book Chapter School of Law |
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